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Impulse and Momentum University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Instructional Materials in Physics and Calculus-Based General Physics Astronomy 1975 IMPULSE AND MOMENTUM Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/calculusbasedphysics Part of the Other Physics Commons "IMPULSE AND MOMENTUM" (1975). Calculus-Based General Physics. 18. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/calculusbasedphysics/18 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Instructional Materials in Physics and Astronomy at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Calculus-Based General Physics by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Module -- 1 STUDY GUIDE IMPULSE AND MOMENTUM I NTRODUCTI ON You have already learned that you stub your toe harder trying to kick larger masses. Now imagine another unpleasant activity: catching a bowling ball. This gets harder to do as the ball is dropped from higher places. The diffi­ culty depends both on the ball's mass and its velocity just before you apply the stopping force. This force can be applied in different ways. Any winner of an egg-throwing contest will tell you the way to stop an object with the least force is to spread the stopping process out over a maximum time. Th is modu 1e wi 11 deve lop the above "folk phys i cs" into a sys tern of concepts and equations; and even a new law that is believed to be more fundamental than the laws from which it will be derived. This wonderful anomaly will not be further explored in this module, but it does indicate some of the philo­ sophical richness and curiosity that continues to be part of this science. The concepts are "center of mass" and "linear momentum"; the law is called "conservation of linear momentum." PREREQU IS ITES Before you begin this module, Location of you should bi able to: Prerequisite Content *Describe the motion of a body moving in a plane Planar Motion (needed for Objectives 1 to 3 of this module) Modul e *Solve problems requiring the application of Newton's Laws Newton's second and third laws (needed for Module Objectives 3 and 4 of this module) LEARNING OBJECTIVES After you have mastered the content of this module, you will be able to: 1. Center of mass - Write the formulas for the center of mass (c.m.) of a system and explain all the terms. Write the formulas for the linear momentum of a system. Explain all the terms. 2. Linear momentum - Given the masses, positions, and velocities of all particles in a system, find the position and velocity of the center of mass, and the total (vector) linear momentum. STUDY GUIDE: Impulse and Momentum 2 3. Impulse - Given a force versus time graph or function for a system, calcu­ late the change of the system's linear momentum. 4. Linear-momentum conservation - Recognize conditions for which the linear momentum of a system is conserved. STUDY GUIDE: Impulse and Momentum 3(B 1) TEXT: Frederick J. Bueche, Introduction to Physics for Scientists and Engineers (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1975), second edition SUGGESTED STUDY PROCEDURE Read Chapter 9, Section 9.1 first. This explains the center of mass. Then read Chapter 7, Section 7.1, which introduces linear momentum and impulse and the relation between them. Now read Section 9.2, which partially shows how to calculate the velocity of a system's center of mass; You solve E~ (9.3) for vx(c.m.) and similar but unspecified equations for vy(c.m.) and vz(c.m.)' The v~locity comp~nents are A then combined into a single velocity: vc.m. = vx('c.m.)i + vy(c.m.)j + vz(c.m.)k. This section also relates the external forces acting on a system to the motion of the system's center of mass. Although Section 7.1 describes a single particle, Sections 9.1 and 9.2 have shown how to reduce a system of masses into a somewhat equivalent single particle. This particle has the total mass of the system and is located at the center of mass of the system. It is equivalent only in that it has the same linear momentum as the system. If you do not need to know details of the internal structure of the system, you can apply the ideas of Section 7.1 to systems of masses by treating them as a single particle located at the center of mass. For example, the earth is regarded as a particle by the scientists who calculate very high-altitude satellite orbits, but such an earth would be without meaning to most geologists. BUECHE Objective Problems with Assigned Problems Additional Number Readings Solutions Problems Study Text* Study Text* Guide (Ill us. ) Guide (Ill us.) Secs. 9. 1 , A A 7.1 2 Secs. 9. 1 , A, B 9.1 A, B 9.1 Chap. 9, 9.2 Probs. 1, 3, 4 3 Secs. 7. 1 , C 7. 1 , C 7. 1 , Chap. 7, 7.2 7.2 7.2 Quest.* 10, 12 4 Sec. 7.4 D 7.3, D 7.3, Chap. 7, 7.4, 7.4, Quest.* 5, 7 9.1 9.1 *Illus. = rllustration3s). Quest. = Question(s). STUDY GUIDE: Impulse and Momentum 3{B 2) Continue to read Sections 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4. Keep in mind that now when the text specifies a particle it can also be interpreted as referring to the c.m. of a system of masses. Read the General Comments; and read and understand how to solve the problem set. If you need additional help work some of the Additional Problems. Try the Practice Test. STUDY GUIDE: Impulse and Momentum 3(HR 1) TEXT: David Halliday and Robert Resnick, Fundamentals of Physics (Wiley, New York, 1970; revised printing, 1974) SUGGESTED STUDY PROCEDURE Read all of Chapter 8. Understand and know Eq. (8-3b). It contains all the previous equations in this chapter. Equation (8-4b) is Eq. (8-3b) in calculus form. The next important equation is (8-8). It also sums up the arguments of Section 8-2. Section 8-3 starts out with a definition you must memorize: the linear momentum of a particle, Eq. (8-9). Equation (8-10) will be used in Sections 8-4 and 8-5. It is a statement of Newton's second law. Section 8-4 shows how to calculate the total linear momentum ~f a system of particles: Eq. (8-12). Equation (8-13) can be used to find vc.m.. Equation (8-10) appears again in a more restricted form as Eq. (8-15): the internal forces have been eliminated. You should know why. Section 8-5 begins with the important equations describing the conservation of linear momentum, but paradoxically does not give them numbers. Read and understand Examples 1 to 6 in this chapter. Then read Section 9-2 in Chapter 9. Read the General Comments; and read and understand how to solve the Problem Set. If you need additional help, work some of the Additional Problems. Try the practice test. HALL! DAY AND RESNI CK Objective Problems with Assigned Problems Additi ona 1 Number Readings Solutions Problems Study Text Guide Study Guide 1 Sec. 8-1 A 2 Secs. 8-1, A, B Chap. 8, A, B Chap. 8, 8-2, 8-4 Ex. * 1, Quest. 1 to 2, 3 4, 10; Probs. 1 to 13, 21, 22 3 Sec. 9-2 C Chap. 9, C Chap. 9, Ex. 1 to 4 Quest. 3,4, 8; Probs. 1 to 13 4 Sec. 8-5 D Chap. 8, o Chap. 8, Ex. 4, 5, Ques t. 5, 8, 6 9; Probs. 23 to 39 *Ex. = Example(s). Quest. = Question(s). STUDY GUIDE: Impulse and Momentum 3 (SZ 1) TEXT: Francis Weston Sears and Mark W. Zemansky, University Physics (Addison­ Wesley, Reading, Mass., 1970), fourth edition SUGGESTED STUDY PROCEDURE f 'i University Physics does not include center of mass, and therefore other texts must be suggested for this important topic. Read the indicated sections in one of the three texts listed below. Author and Text Topic Section Frederick J. Bueche, Introduction to Ph~sics center of mass 9.1 for Scientists and Engineers {~cGraw- motion of c.m. 9.2 Hil', New York, 1975), second edition David Halliday and Robert Resnick, center of mass 8-1 Fundamentals of Ph~sics (Wiley, New York, motion of c.m. 8-2, 8-4 1970; revised printing, 1974) motion of c.m. 6-1 , 8-4 center of mass 6-2 SEARS AND ZEMANSKY Objective Problems with Assigned Number Readings Solutions Problems Additional Problems t Study Text Study Guide Guide Use one of the A Ex.* 1, A readi ngs recom­ 2 (Sec. mended above. 8-2) Sec. 8-1 2 Use one of the A, B A, B B: Chap. 9, 1, 3, 4 (non­ readings recom­ calculus), 5-8 (calculus) mended above HR: Chap. 8, Quest.* 1-3, 10; Probs. 1-13, Ex. 1-3 WS: 6-1, 6-3 to 6-8 (calculus) 3 Sec. 8-1 C Ex. 1 C 8-3, 8-4 (calculus) (Sec. 8-1) 4 Sec. 8-2 D D 8-5 *Ex. = Example(s). Quest. = Question(s). tB = Bueche. HR = Halliday and Resnick. WS = Weidner and Sells. STUDY GUIDE: Impulse and Momentum 3(SZ 2) The above readings develop the idea of replacing a system of masses by an imaginary but somewhat equivalent mass particle. This particle has the same total mass as the system and is located at a place called the center of mass (c.m.) of the system.
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